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SUMMARY:Distancing the Past: Racism as History in South African Schools - 
 Chana Teeger (London School of Economics)
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 s\, the talk will be preceded by a light lunch at 12.15pm. Please email co
 mms@sociology.ox.ac.uk with any questions.\n\nHow are histories of racial 
 oppression dealt with in contexts of diversity? Chana Teeger tackles this 
 question by examining how young South Africans\, born into democracy\, con
 front their country’s racist apartheid past in high school history lesso
 ns.\n\nDrawing on observational\, interview\, and textual data\, she discu
 sses how students learn that racism is a thing of the past\, even as they 
 experience it in their everyday lives. Teeger shows how teachers’ desire
  to avoid conflict between students mirrors a national focus on racial rec
 onciliation\, leading to the historical distancing of the recent apartheid
  past.\n\nThis historical distancing allows schools to present a façade o
 f transformation. Beneath the surface\, however\, the lessons reproduce un
 equal power relations at school and legitimise inequality at the societal 
 level. In documenting these processes\, Teeger points to the subtle reconf
 iguration of racism in the era of civil liberties.\nSpeakers:\nChana Teege
 r (London School of Economics)
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, Department of Sociology
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